COMPACT GUIDE TO PAINTING

 James Ogilvie Forbes, Rainbow 1991, 125 pages, crown octavo.

This introductory guide gives basic knowledge of the various media available - oil, acrylics, water-colour, gouache and pastels, and explains how they are used. Further chapters describe composition and kinds of paintings from landscape to abstracts. This is a very handy pocket guide, illustrated in colour throughout. The book is in good condition, a useful aid for the amateur painter